At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown